shariʿah

 [shah-ree-ah]  

sha·ri·ʿah

   [shah-ree-ah]
noun Islam.
law, seen as deriving from the Koran, hadith, ijmaʿ, and qiyas.
Also, sha·ri·ʿa.

Origin:
1875–80; < Arabic sharīʿah
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